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How could a game go "off the rails" if there were no rails in the first place?!? That is a strange statement to say the least. 🤔

Maybe there's a support group. I would set one up, but that's too much prep. :)

Today I learned that I'm not a good DM.

I'm late to this party, but I think that there is a pretty easy solution for this problem: As the GM, ask the player if they'd like to...

I deduce it was Colonel Mustard, in South America, with the 12 armies.

The advice is not vague. DH has some of the most complete and specific advice for running it that I have seen.

I really like it for my style of play, where "prep" is mostly what happened last time and what the voices on my shoulder are telling me.

That's one of the main reasons I'm enjoying the system. My normal approach of roll up to the table, read a quick summary of the last...

I think some GMs excel when they have done a lot of prep, while other GMs excel when they riff off the play at the table. Some of us...

If you have players who do that, don’t play narrative games with them. Noticing that not all games work for all players is not a novel...

I have seen this go different ways depending on the type of player. You have some players who love this sort of thing and get excited by...

I generally lower myself all the way into the tub.

It may be quite crunchy, but it's also not GURPS or HârnMaster or Phoenix Command 😄

Oh no, it's not the most complex system ever, but it is on the complex end, especially if one takes all the supplemental material into...

The answer, as almost always, is to talk to everyone you play with before play begins and Justin Alexander flips over the table mid-game...